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WESTCOTT v. CRINKLAW

Nos. 96-3700, 96-3835.

133 F.3d 658 (1998)

Vicki WESTCOTT, Administratrix of the Estate of Arden Westcott, Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. Joseph C. CRINKLAW; City of Omaha, A Municipal Corporation, Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Thomas, Omaha, NE, argued (Matthew W. McGrory and Ronald H. Stave, Omaha, NE, on the brief), for appellant/cross-appellee.

Thomas Mumgaard, Omaha, NE, argued, for appellees/cross-appellants.

Before LOKEN, REAVLEY, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

We now consider Vicki Westcott's third appeal in her civil rights action against the City of Omaha and Joseph Crinklaw., an Omaha police officer, shot and killed Vicki Westcott's husband, Arden Westcott, during an attempted burglary. We reversed the first jury verdict for Crinklaw because of errors in admitting evidence. The jury in the second trial returned a verdict for Westcott, but only...

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